The hotel will also have approximately 55,000 square feet of meeting space, a full-service restaurant, lobby bar and recreation facilities that will include an indoor pool and fitness center.

The new full-service convention center hotel is expected to begin construction by the end of this year and is scheduled to open by 2016. VOA Associates and Atlanta-based Cooper Carry are the joint architectural firms involved in the project and New York City-based Andersen-Miller is managing the interior design.

Cuyahoga County Executive Ed FitzGerald said, "In combination with the new Cleveland Convention Center and Global Center for Health Innovation, the hotel represents another step forward in the revitalization our region. Close to the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and FirstEnergy Stadium, we look forward to this hotel connecting our growing set of assets in downtown Cleveland. The hotel stands to be the flagship of our Convention Center complex and we are thrilled to be working with Hilton Worldwide to bring that vision to life."

"We are thrilled to be operating a new hotel in the city's dynamic downtown section, which will be connected to the recently opened Cleveland Convention Center and situated in close proximity to the Global Center for Health Innovation featuring world-class tenants such as GE Healthcare, Siemens and Cisco," remarked Ted Ratcliff, senior vice president, operations, Eastern North America, Hilton Worldwide.

The project represents an attractive opportunity to expand Hilton's network of convention hotels and is the flagship brand's first managed new-build project in the U.S. since the opening of the Hilton Columbus Downtown last fall, which is also a convention center-style property.